One teacher who was fired from the school described how she was let go just months before she was due to have a baby. The former teacher, who is Jamaican, said: "What they did to me was cruel. I was five months pregnant when they let me go and most of the things they said weren't even true. I wanted to challenge it legally but the whole process was traumatising and I feared the stress would affect my baby."
Significant tax rises are inevitable in the coming months due to the size of the Government's planned spending increases.
"I am 100% taking responsibility and accountability for my actions and behavior. I just want to be able to work on being a productive member of the community instead of a menace."
Hickman's decision to leave a lucrative private sector career to work for the CFPB reflects a commitment to consumer advocacy over personal financial gain.